Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria explained

Turkistan Islamic Party
Active:2015 – present
Leaders:
Motives:To establish an Islamic state in Xinjiang and the entirety of Central Asia, eventually a caliphate[3]
Headquarters:Jisr al-Shughur, Idlib Governorate, Syria[4] [5]
Area:Idlib Governorate, Latakia Governorate,
and Aleppo Governorate, Syria
Ideology:Sunni Islamism
Jihadism
Islamic fundamentalism
Pan-Islamism
Uyghur nationalism
Anti-Russian sentiment
Anti-Chinese sentiment
Partof:
Allies:
Opponents:
Status:Active
Size:~4,000AP Exclusive: Uighurs fighting in Syria take aim at China. Associated Press. December 22, 2017. "Uighur activists and Syrian and Chinese officials estimate that at least 5,000 Uighurs have gone to Syria to fight — though many have since left. Among those, several hundred have joined the Islamic State, according to former fighters and Syrian officials."[11]
Battles:Syrian Civil War
War:the Syrian Civil War

The Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria (TIP; Arabic: الحزب الإسلامي التركستاني في سوريا Turkish: Türkistan İslam Partisi, Chinese: 突厥斯坦伊斯兰党) is the Syrian branch of the Turkistan Islamic Party, an armed Uyghur Jihadist group with a presence in the Syrian Civil War. While the TIP has been active in Syria, the organization's core leadership is based in Afghanistan and Pakistan, with a presence in its home territory of China.[13]

History

TIP (ETIM) sent the "Turkistan Brigade" (Katibat Turkistani), also known as the Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria to take part in the Syrian Civil War, most noticeably in the 2015 Jisr al-Shughur offensive.[14] [15] Long War Journal reported in 2015 that Turkistan Islamic Party, alongside other foreign fighters like Chechens and Uzbek militants, had ties to Al-Qaeda network.[16]

TIP has participated in:

Syrian Churches have been demolished by Turkistan Islamic Party Uyghur fighters, who exalted in the acts of destruction, and in Homs and Idlib battlefields the Turkistan Islamic Party cooperated with Uzbek brigades and Jabhat al-Nusra, Jabhat al-Nusra and IS (ISIL) compete with each other to recruit Uyghur fighters.[17] In Jisr al-Shughur a Church's cross had a TIP flag placed on top of it after the end of the battle.[18] The Uzbek group Katibat al-Tawhid wal-Jihad (Tavhid va Jihod katibasi) released a video featuring themselves and the Uyghur Turkistan Islamic Party attacking and desecrating Christian Churches in Jisr al-Shughur.[19] [20] [21] Jabhat al Nusra and Turkistan Islamic Party fighters were accused of displacing Christian residents of rural Jisr al-Shughour, and reportedly killed a Syrian Christian man along with his wife, accusing them of being Syrian government agents.[22] The Saudi news agency Al-Arabiya said that the area was Alawite.[23] [24]

Turkistan Islamic Party has exploited the Turkish Postal Service and Turkish banks to solicit donations via the organization "Türkistan İslam Derneği" through the website "Doğu Türkistan Bülteni".[25]

Child soldiers

Camps training children for Jihad are being run by the Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria.[26] [27] [28] Uyghur child soldiers being instructed in Sharia and training with guns were depicted in a video released by TIP.[29]

Route into Syria

According to the Jamestown Foundation, Turkish connections were used by Uyghur fighters to go into Syria and the humanitarian Uyghur East Turkistan Education and Solidarity Association (ETESA) which is located in Turkey sent Uyghurs into Syria, endorsed the killing of the pro-China Imam Juma Tayir, applauded attacks in China, and posted on its website content from the TIP.[30]

Its top commander Abu Omar al-Turkistani who also served as the group's first overall leader was killed in an American drone strike in Sarmada, Idlib on 1 January 2017. His replacement leader Abu Rida al-Turkistani was then killed in a series of Russian airstrikes on his home near the town of Ariha on 12 January 2017 leaving his entire family dead as well.[2] Ibrahim Mansour succeeded Abu Rida al-Turkistani as the third leader of TIP since then.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Uighur jihadist fought in Afghanistan, killed in Syria. Caleb Weiss. Long War Journal. 14 February 2017. 22 February 2017.
  2. Web site: مقتل قياديٍ في الحزب الإسلامي التركستانيٍ جراء غاراتٍ روسيةٍ بإدلب · Micro Syria ميكروسيريا. https://web.archive.org/web/20170113222919/https://microsyria.com/2017/01/13/%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AA%D9%84-%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%8D-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B2%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%AA/. 13 January 2017.
  3. Book: Sami Moubayed. Under the Black Flag: At the Frontier of the New Jihad. 29 September 2015. I.B.Tauris. 978-0-85772-921-7. 161–.
  4. Web site: TIP Division in Syria Releases Video Promoting Cause, Inciting for Jihad. SITE Institute. 6 June 2014. 26 June 2014.
  5. Web site: turkistanhaber . Türkistan İslam Cemaati'nden Yeni Video " Zafer Sadece Allahtan'dır 2 " . Doguturkistanbulteni.com . 6 February 2016 . 13 May 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160329085203/http://www.doguturkistanbulteni.com/2016/02/06/turkistan-islam-cemaatinden-yeni-video-zafer-sadece-allahtandir-2/ . 29 March 2016 . dmy-all .
  6. Web site: Zelin . Aaron Y. . New video message from al-Muhājirūn: "The Return of Jaysh al-Fataḥ" JIHADOLOGY: A clearinghouse for jihādī primary source material, original analysis, and translation service . Jihadology.net . 13 May 2016.
  7. News: China's Counter-Terrorism Calculus. Jamestown.
  8. News: Beijing, Kunming, Urumqi and Guangzhou: The Changing Landscape of Anti-Chinese Jihadists. Jamestown . Jamestown Foundation. 23 May 2014.
  9. Lin. Dr Christina. September 2015. Turkey's Double Standard on Terrorism. ISPSW Strategy Series: Focus on Defense and International Security.
  10. News: Syrian rebels pour men and missiles into frontlines. The Fiscal Times. 17 October 2015.
  11. News: Syria: Who's in control of Idlib?. Reality Check. team. BBC News. 22 June 2019.
  12. Web site: Syrian War Daily – 13th of March 2018. Joško. Barić. 13 March 2018. 15 March 2018. 26 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180626135835/https://syrianwardaily.com/2018/03/13/syrian-war-daily-13th-of-march-2018/. dead.
  13. Web site: Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria shows more 'little jihadists' FDD's Long War Journal. FDD's Long War Journal. en-US. 2017-01-29.
  14. News: Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria involved in new Idlib offensive. Weiss. Caleb. 23 April 2015. Long War Journal.
  15. Web site: Turkistan Islamic Party had significant role in recent Idlib offensive. Weiss. Caleb. 30 April 2015. Long War Journal.
  16. News: US counterterrorism efforts in Syria: A winning strategy?. Joscelyn. Thomas. 29 September 2015. Long War Journal.
  17. News: How the Islamic State is exploiting Asian unrest to recruit fighters. Gurcan. Metin. 9 September 2015. Al-Monitor. https://web.archive.org/web/20160203055009/http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/09/turkey-china-xinjiang-uighurs-isis-prevent-extremism.html. 3 February 2016. dead. dmy-all.
  18. Web site: Ṣawt al-Islām presents a new video message from Ḥizb al-Islāmī al-Turkistānī [Turkistan Islamic Party] in Bilād al-Shām: "Conquest of Jisr al-Shaghūr"]. Zelin. Aaron Y.. 1 May 2015. JIHADOLOGY.
  19. News: Al-Qaeda-Aligned Central Asian Militants in Syria Separate from Islamic State-Aligned IMU in Afghanistan. Jamestown.
  20. Web site: Syriancivilwararchive.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20151222141833/http://syriancivilwararchive.com/Articles/Al-Qaeda-Aligned-Central-Asian-Militants-in-Syria-Separate-from-Islamic-State-Aligned-IMU-in-Afghanistan.html. dead. 22 December 2015. syriancivilwararchive.com.
  21. Web site: Modern Tokyo Times – Tokyo News and International News.
  22. Web site: إعدام رجل وزوجته بريف جسر الشغور واتهامات لفصيل إسلامي بتنفيذ الإعدام • المرصد السوري لحقوق الإنسان. 14 January 2016.
  23. Web site: China's proxy war in Syria: Revealing the role of Uighur fighters. Hage. Mohanad. 2 March 2016. Al Arabiya English. 2018-05-29.
  24. Web site: China's proxy war in Syria: Revealing the Uighur fighters' role. 4 March 2016. Saudi Gazette. 2017-08-29.
  25. Web site: Turkish Organizations Exploited in Terror Finance Scheme. Rodeheffer. Luke. September 20, 2016. Flashpoint - BUSINESS RISK INTELLIGENCE. Flashpoint. https://web.archive.org/web/20170310012253/https://www.flashpoint-intel.com/turkish-organizations-exploited-in-terror-finance-scheme/. 10 March 2017. dead. dmy-all.
  26. News: Saudi al Qaeda cleric showcases training camp for children in Syria. Weiss. Caleb. 4 September 2015. Long War Journal.
  27. Web site: TIP Division in Syria Releases Photos of Fighters, Camp for Children Jihadist News. 30 June 2014. news.siteintelgroup.com. 21 October 2015.
  28. Web site: TIP Division in Syria Releases Video Photo Album Featuring Young Boys in Training Camp Jihadist News. 8 July 2015. news.siteintelgroup.com. 21 October 2015.
  29. News: Uighur jihadist group in Syria advertises 'little jihadists'. Roggio. Bill. 24 September 2015. Long War Journal. Weiss. Caleb.
  30. Zenn. Jacob. 10 October 2014. http://www.jamestown.org/regions/middleeast/single/?tx_ttnews[tt_news=42944&tx_ttnews[backPid]=49&cHash=266cbf52f118868715823bbffd809caf#.VX3kqEZGR9g An Overview of Chinese Fighters and Anti-Chinese Militant Groups in Syria and Iraq]. dead. China Brief. The Jamestown Foundation. 14. 19. https://web.archive.org/web/20150618235954/http://www.jamestown.org/regions/middleeast/single/?tx_ttnews. 18 June 2015. 14 June 2015. dmy-all.

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